Horat Nominations Withdrawn On Technicality

CHATSWORTH, Calif. - AVN has withdrawn the 2008 award nominations for the comedy Horat from startup company Pink Lotus Entertainment due to a technicality. Because the movie was not in the inventory of 10 wholesale distributors or 100
retail outlets before
the cutoff date of Sept. 28, 2007, Horat is ineligible for awards consideration.

AVN
announced Monday that Horat had been
nominated in the categories of Best Actor – Video (recognizing reigning Best
Male Newcomer Tommy Pistol), Best Director – Video (Vincenzo Piano) and Best
Sex Comedy.

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After
careful consideration of the matter, it was decided that Horat would be withdrawn from these categories, and replaced with
the following new nominees:

AVN
Editor-in-Chief Dan Miller said, "We have to protect the integrity of the
Awards and adhere to the guidelines that we set out. Any time we make a mistake,
we always try to correct it. We really liked the movie here and it’s a brand
new production company. We didn't realize they were only doing website and
cable and satellite distribution so far. Once it has full retail distribution,
it will be considered for the 2009 Awards."

AVN
regrets this error and extends congratulations to the nominees
above.